Transformational LeadershipExample OneFillmore and Buchanan - failureExample TwoCarter - failed Example ThreeGW Bush - failed the economy Teddy Roosevelt - President as StewardTaft - Constitutional PresidentPresident as Savior President as SatanPresident as SupermanImperial PresidentImperiled President CongressExecutiveJudicialRhetorical PresidencyRhetorical PresidencyGW Bush - landing on the US LincolnThree Constitutional functionsChief of stateHead of governmentCommander -in-chiefNumerous additional onesChief LegislatorChief of Spokesman - Press ConferenceBully PulpitChief EconomistChief BankerChief ............18121845189819171941More than 300 police actionsLearning ObjectivesThe student will learn criteria as to how to assess presidentsThe student will identify various theories regarding presidential leadership The student will understand that no president is perfect and yet we want vigor in the Executive office in order to solve problems and improve conditionsCritical Thinking Do we need a savior, a self-serving Satan, a superhero, or a solid steward that can sell ideas and sow the seeds of teamwork and till the soil and until the harvest matures and then we can see if the system can produce a sound result. US PresidencyWe love the men who sit thereWill one of them go too far?Hobbes vs LockeKing George III &His royal governors Articles of Confederation - executive was too weakTeddy Roosevelt - Bully PulpitWoodrow Wilson - stroke victim - What role did Mrs Wilson play?FDR - Fireside chats and The hidden WheelchairJFK - as a healthy family man when he was notReagan the honest health rancherPrearranged tree cutting Clinton - prearranged walk on Normandy beachJames Magrager Burns Transformation followed by transactional Michael NelsonTRDREVIVALISTRDRDFailureTransformational leader elected in a critical election: leads the country in a new directionRevivalist presidents reinvigorate the visionTransactional presidents come and go from either party but they must follow the vision of the visionary Finally, a failureJacksonTransformational Polk - reinvigoratesFDR - the New Deal JFK - Revivalist reinvigorates the vision of FDR Reagan - his vision- lower taxes - strong defense- deregulationClinton -revivalistA better REAGANITE GW - REFUSED TO KNEEL IN CHURCH, SELDOM TOOK COMMUNION, AND DID NOT EVEN ATTEND CHURCH EXCEPT ON THE ROAD AND WAS A DEIST J. ADAMS - A UNITARIANJEFFERSON - REWROTE THE NEW TESTAMENTLINCOLN - REFUSED TO KNEEL (IMITATING GW) AND DID NOT JOIN OR ATTENDIKE - BAPTIZED JUST BEFORE BECOMING PRESIDENT (SINCERE OR NOT) NIXON - THE QUAKERJFK - THE UNFAITHFUL HUSBAND AND CATHOLICCARTER WAS A SOUTHERN BAPTISTCLINTON WAS A SOUTHERN BAPTISTREAGAN QUIT ATTENDING CHURCH AND CONSULTED FORTUNE TELLERS GW BUSH ARGUED THAT ALL GODS LEAD TO HEAVEN JEFFERSON - ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN JACKSON - MARRIED A MARRIED WOMANLINCOLN - DYSFUNCTIONAL CLEVELAND - ILLEGITIMATE CHILDHARDING - SEXUAL PHILANDERING (UNDERAGE SLAVE) FDR - A LONG TIME AFFAIR WITH A SECRETARY JFK - OVER 1,000 GIRL FREINDSREAGAN - DIVORCED Jefferson - Louisiana PurchaseMexican American War under false pretexts Lincoln violate Habeas CorpusHayes and the corrupted election of 1876What is the best way to judge a president?If no man is perfect, then who can be president?2050Yarvard and Hale Syndrome1980, 1984, 1988, 1992 Bush1992, 1996 Bill Clinton 2000 and 2004 G W Bush 2008 Clinton 2016 Hillary vs Jeb Bush2020 Clinton 2024 George P. Bush1980 1984 1988 1992 Yale 1992 1996 Yale 2000, 2004 Yale 2004 Yale 2008 2012 Yale Grant on an 8 year drunk and family full of thievesWilson had a stroke and hid on the third floor (Wife)HARDING - Teapot dome scandal and mysterious deathJFK - the disputed 1960 election (Illinois, WVirginia, and Texas)LBJ and the Gulf of Tonkin incident Nixon Watergate and VietnamReagan's secret deal with Iran then the Iran Contra Scandal Clinton and MonicaGW Bush and his youthful drug use and his mysterious end of flight status in the Air National GuardObama's lack of faith, birth and drug abuseBoth Democrats and Republicans make huge mistakes; therefore be on guard. ANALYSISCreating the Presidencya single leadervigor Visionary: someone who can lead without destroying liberty, property, and dignity. ...........Early yearsGW was solid, Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase without Congressional approval, Madison lead the country into war, and Monroe dominated the Western Hemisphere. Gradual and steady growth in power Locke warned us that in emergencies, leaders take exceptional powers.Have presidents gone well beyond their constitutional limitations? Why?Legislatures are slow and unresponsive to emergenciesThe people want presidents to lead aggressively. "I'll do whatever it takes ....."People love Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Teddy, FDR and anyone who leads strongly. WHY?Electoral CollegeExecutive OrdersChief DiplomatExecutive AgreementsCommander -in - chief Media attention Growing to fit the expectationsThe electors were to pick the wisest of presidential candidates The inner takes all, accentuates the vote. The US wants a president to be a giant killer, be above average in every way, and be